Office Timeline – free timeline maker
Office Timeline – free timeline maker
Speed + simplicity

Create professional project plans in minutes, not hours.

Quickly turn project data into clear, beautiful PowerPoint timelines that impress clients and keep teams aligned. No design skills or complex tools required.

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Why choose Office Timeline

The fastest way to make executive-ready timelines

Simplify status reporting with Office Timeline

Save hours every week

Skip manual formatting. Create and update timelines in just a few clicks.

Streamline project execution with clear dependencies in Office Timeline

Automate dependencies

Keep your dates in sync and plans accurate as things change.

Streamline project presentations with Office Timeline

Presentation-ready visuals

Share timelines that stakeholders instantly understand.

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How it works

Build your timeline in under 2 minutes

  1. Connect Excel to Office Timeline: Link your Excel workbook with Office Timeline.
  2. Choose the right data: Import relevant columns and fields.
  3. Design and customize: Use templates to tailor your visuals to specific audiences.
Choose the version that fits your needs

Which add-in plan is the best fit for you?

For general projects

Lite

Create simple, professional timelines with ease.


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1-yearLitelicense, billed annually

Key features:

  • Make timelines with up to 2 Swimlanes
  • Stylish pre-designed themes
  • Timeline & Swimlane templates
  • Make timelines and Gantt charts
  • Copy & paste from Excel
  • Standard support
  • Free updates

most popular

For projects & programs

Plus

Create customized timelines for impactful project visuals.


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1-yearPluslicense, billed annually

All the features of Lite, and:

  • Import data from Excel
  • Make timelines with an unlimited number of Swimlanes
  • Make roadmaps with Sub-swimlanes
  • Show dependencies & critical path
  • Templates with Sub-swimlanes
  • Show multiple timescales on a timeline

most advanced

For cohesive programs

Expert

Create professional reports with advanced templates, powerful integrations, and planned vs. actual insights.


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1-yearExpertlicense, billed annually

All the features of Plus, and:

  • Stay on brand with custom themes
  • Act early and stay on schedule with Planned vs. Actual
  • Standardize visuals with shared themes
  • Create your own reusable templates
  • Import into custom themes
  • Integrates with Project, Smartsheet, Jira, etc.
  • Premium support
Instant insight

Make timelines your audience actually wants to see

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What customers say

See why professionals love Office Timeline

  • We've used it for long enough that I don't know how we would be able to quickly demonstrate where we are in the project and what the forecast and work streams look like without a tool like Office Timeline.

    Amy Bales
    Amy BalesVP, Project Manager III, BOK Financial
  • Using Office Timeline has saved me heaps of time and allowed me to get the right visualization for our clients, whether that's for an executive board meeting, a SteerCo, or a weekly team update meeting. It's the best tool out there for planning visualization.

    Jamie Christer
    Jamie ChristerFounder & Director, Precision Project Partners
FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Office Timeline

Yes—the tool works directly inside PowerPoint for quick editing and presenting.

Absolutely. The free version includes everything you need to build basic timelines.

Advanced automation, import features, swimlanes, templates, and extended styling options.

Yes, Office Timeline is designed to be simple for anyone, regardless of design or PM experience.
Fastest timeline maker for PowerPoint

Build your first professional timeline today

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